Loading-machine.



E. E. EVERSON. LOADING MACHINE- APPLICATION FJLED MAR. 21. 1917.

Patented Dec.. 4, 1917.

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"nnvnvn. nvnasoiv; or YLnIMINNEsoTA, ASSIGNOR or one-rover T ELMER J.

To an whom it m concern.

JACOBS, ONE-FOURTH TO'WILLIAM QT. ABERLE,

ABERLE, ALLor s'r. raunivmvivnsora.

AND ONE-FOURTH T0 EDWARD M.

LOADING-MACHINE.

Be it known that I, ERVIN E. Evnnsonf, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lyle, in the county ofMoore and Stateof Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Loading-Machines, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in loading machines, and is particularly although not exclusively adapted forloading manure into-wagons. The primary object of this invention is to provide a;mach1ne .which will load material into vehicles with a minimum amount of hand lLbOI.ZtI1dQ BX- pense. p p

- Among further objects is adjustability of the parts to perform the loading function.

With these and other objects in view, my invention comprisesthe features of construction and combination of parts which are hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying; drawing forming part of this specification, Figurel is a plan of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Y a

In the drawing let A indicate a main frame having caster wheels2 swiveled upon its lower end to assist in transferring the frame fromplace to place. This frame has are cross-braced by means of the bars 5. and 6 together with an overhanging forwardly extending yoke B, which is secured to the bar 6. The overhanging yoke B is also sup- 2. pair of verticalsupports 3 and 4, which ported by means of the tension rods 7, which are fastened to the sides 8 and 9 of the yoke and to the vertical posts 3 and4. Q The yoke is also supported upon the groundby means of the supporting member 10, which also has,

caster wheels v11 SWlVQlBClT lll its lower end for assisting in transferring the device from place to place. The vertical supports 3 and 4 are also braced by means of the arms 12 fl'and 13, which carry midway between the vertical posts 3 and 4, a clevis support 14 extending backwardly from the frame. V J ournaled freely upon-the shaft 3 are two 1 cable winding and unwindingdrums .15and 16having inwardly facing ends 17 formed with grooves 18 to. provide driven clutch members with which a driving clutch member 1-9 having clutch engagements 20, is

adapted to'engage, the neutral position of the driving clutch member being out of con- Specification of Letters'Patent.

' Patented Dec. 4, 191'7.

Application fi1edMa1'c 8,1 917.:Seria1No.153,286.

nection between both driven clutch members. The drivlng clutch member is secured on i the shaft 3" by means'of the feather 21. The

nected to the two opposite ends of the shift lever 22 are flexible pulling lines 26 and 27 extendlng rearwardly, so that an operator by" pulling upon either of thelines while standing at the rear of the machine can throw the clutch driving member into or out of connection with either of the drums 15 and 16 to effect their revolution.

Extending rearwardly from the frame A is an extensible reach arm member G in the form of two longitudinal sections 28 and 29,

the member 28 being telescopically secured in the member 29 in adjusted extensible position by meansof thepin 30 passing through the ,opening 31 in the member 29 and any of the openings 32 in the member 28. Theforward end of member 28 is pivotallysecured to the olevis member 14 by means of the yoke 33 andking pin 34, so that the extensible reach member may be freely swung laterally. The rearward extremity of member 29 is supported upon a carrier frame 36, the lower end of said carrier frame being provided with caster wheels 37 so that the reach member may easily be swungabout its pivot 34 into any lateral position desired.

Disposed between the carrier member 36 and the forward end of theentire structure to move forwardly and backwardly is a fork member D having a series of longitudinal prongs 38 forming the floor of a bucket member 39. To the sides of the bucket member issecured a bail 40 and to the rearward end of the bucket member is secured an eye piece 41. To pull the bucket member forwardly and cause it to dig up and carry a load of material, such as manure, a loading cable 42 is secured to the bail by means of the link 43 and to the loading drum 15, said cable being passed around a sheave 44, which is hung from the forward extremity of the overhanging reach member B, so that as the drum 15 winds the cable 42, the bucket'is caused tocarry its load; forwardly.

, Disposed in the forwardypath of the bucket D is an upwardly inclined conveyor 5 E in the form of a trough, the sides 45 of Which converge from Widely dis1: osed.,.position at the lower end thereof toward-its upper end, so, that the,bucketsirrespective. of its position will guided upwardly When it is drawn forward. The conveyer E is supported inupwardly inclinecluposias stated upon the cross pieces and I 46' respectively: mounted upon [the members and iandthefsupport l0 and a stop piece l5"4l 7 on'the floor ot' the ,conyeyerjas'sists in preventin'g the conveyor from sliding down out off position. The conveyer at anytime can be removed fron'i the apparatus when "iti s desired 'to do so; 'When tlie'bucket D 2iq reaehes'the elevated end" of the conveyor, it

if I tip ll wew lyi a is ad ed nv t ppi f position to, deposit its load in "a receptacle s uchas the yy agonbox of thetr'uckiF, E Imniediatelyuponthe forkmember, Dj jr'eachingftheupper'end of the co nueyer E, a stop' fformed' on the link 43, strikesi an arm 49, j which is swung, from the overhanging yoke Bfswinging the lower end of t he ,arm 49 '1 forwardly. The lower'fend of" the arm l49 is connected to one end of the shifting inenl w ber 22 by nean s ofthe trip rod, 50," tyhereby" ttfii rub l- 2 sadap ed o di g gate dr1ving;c1utch; me berie from the jdriven member "17", and cause the loading fclruinfl5 to cease winding the ca ble 42 'aut ornatic allyxj yhelri the {fork' neriuber D reaches fully dumping position, at thelup per. endiof the conveyer, E. The rearward of the forln member llhas secur'ed'to its 4 0 1" eye 41 a return cable 5l,"'yv hich attached,

H to" the return "drum 21,6 afn'd passes? over a sheave pulley 52, w hich is mounted upon the Winds-the return cable 51, thus drawing the f rk; men rlb ki etdlri t? ,lpe i eep si exeeehmembe? .Q-m be ste i isati n? t Piv t=4 t9fl t ttt P sition, so that the fork member can be ad- ;...justed;over a Wide range or field of opera- Htion Without moving the entire structure ubutmwhen it is desired to move the, entire structure it can be easily shifted upon its 1 carrier wheels from place to place and made to assume a new position. It isnot necessary to, ,provide the, parts of the structure as described withcarrier Wheels" as shown,

'it being obvious that any-suitable; skid means may be employed for thatpurpose. As illus trated,.the driving shaft 3 is*d1'i veu by a dri ing ptuey "5, belt 56 and pulley 57, hich in turn is drivenbyaninteraial conr bustionfengine or any-other suitable fsoui ce of power oiidriving mechanism deistri anee with the patent, statutes, I

have :described, the principlesof operation i" of my invention, together with the; -apparatus which I now con-sider to represent the accord best. embodiment thereof, but I desiretd have it FunderStOOd that, the construction show 1 is only illustrative and that tlije-in- Liventionj can be earried out byother means and applied to .usesother than those above set forth claims. Haying described; my invention, what I claim as neu and desire to: protect by LettersPatent is 1. A, loading, machine, comprisingin combination; a mainframe haying an oyerhangin s ort extending theretrom, a slidesupported"in upwardly inclined position oh'saidi frame and arranged at its-upper forward end to deposit material into a -re- ;.fc e ta1e, "a reach member swiyeled to swing i machsup ort 36in position'so that aisfthe in anarci -rom,said frame and extending d i .f 'k ravel e weid y t e. re u liiyblehmtinds froni thefr turn druiii 16,:

ut yvhen the 'di'iyingTcliitch memberiltl i V fengaged from the driyen inember 17:. by pullihg pon the cfab1ei27,; j the drum 16 is causedto 'wind the cable '51 aiid" X1111 or 0,. return;

' position.

he rp1-1 ,me tt;- intojitu lly return Qpe mtion.

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b 7 be in d/eng ing;pesi as llfIstrateduirEig, 2, thejcable 26 pul led,

ul tihg, in the drum 115 winding the cable d rayvn forwardly er gz'igirig itsiload and car- ('iig it up; th'egincliuedf conveyer E i1 'til it I t'i s a ii ep ie t Imag e t e, a V b.ox, gwhereup on 'thefelutth is'fliseIiga'geCl l andthe drum 15 ceases to: Wind, loading 7 j cable, ,To return the loading'fork, thecable 6527 is 'pulled and the'drum 16 thereupon rearwatndly ifroni the lowerend of; said slide, ,Win'din'g univi-nding drums iourn-a led upon said ,frame; 'drivingmeans journaled tim said frame, a clutch interposed-between star drgumsi to shift and, engage eitherfone tin driven saiddriving means, line c'onf lti'o 3 for] shifting saidz'clutch from i rearfofls aid; machine, afforyyardsheave the scope" of the following 2; A loading machine, comprising, in combination, a main frame having an overhanging support extending therefrom, a slide supported in upwardly inclined position on said frame and arranged at its upper forward end to deposit material into a receptacle, an extensible reach member swiveled to swing in an are from said frame, extending rearwardly from the lower end of said slide and having skid means below its free extremity, windin and unwinding drums journaled upon said frame, driving means journaled upon said frame, a clutch interposed between said drums to shift and engage either one and driven by said driving means, line controlled means for shifting said clutch from the rear of said machine, a forward sheave mounted upon the outer extremity of said overhanging support, a rearward sheave mounted uponthe rearward extremity of said reach member, a fork, a

return cable attached to the rearward portion of said fork passing around said rearward sheave and secured to one of said drums, a

loading cable secured to said fork passing around said forward sheave and secured to the other of said drums, and means controlled by the operation of said fork to disengage said clutch and cause said Winding drum to cease revolution when the fork assumes vdumping position over the upper edge Copies of this patent may be obtained for slide removably supported in upwardly inclined position on said frame and arranged at its upper forward end to deposit material into a receptacle, said slide having sides converging from its lower to its upper end,

an extensible reach member swiveled to means, line controlled means for shifting said clutch from the rear of said machine, a forward sheave mounted upon the outer extremity of said overhanging support, a rearward sheave mounted upon the rearward extremity of said reach member, a fork, a return cable attached to the rearward portion of said fork passing around said rearward sheave and secured to one of said drums, a loading cable secured to said fork passing around said forward sheave and secured to the other of said drums, and means controlled by the operation of said fork to disengage said clutch and cause said winding drum to cease revolution when the fork assumes dumping position over the upper edge of said slide.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

ERVIN E. EVERSON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

